Nx wrote: > Thanks for all the responses and animated discussion, > which is still the best way to learn something new. > > Most of the time it is not that you want to do something > in a certain way , it rather is one cannot think of a > better , faster more efficient way . > > Nx
Yes. A large part of learning a language is discovering the many idioms that have already been established for doing certain things. These are a kind of shorthand, established by long convention, that allow one to avoid the "learning-by-use" curve. When I first came to Python that was a very rewarding aspect of this newsgroup. To this day it remains one of the friendliest tech-spots in cyberspace. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list